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Twenty knots on a monitor produces the visual sensation of about ten. The advice to "taxi at a walking pace" cannot fix this, because your sense of walking pace is exactly the thing that's broken. Put the groundspeed readout in your scan and obey it for the next fifty flights, the way a student pilot leans on the airspeed indicator before learning to read attitude.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,524 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,524 m of the 2,783 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 331 m touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight began with a taxiing period from the parking to the runway, which took 10 minutes and covered a distance of 2 nautical miles. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, then departed from runway 29 at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, with a takeoff distance of 1,809 meters, which was 65% of the runway length. The liftoff speed was 149 knots.
The local weather conditions at the time of departure were characterized by a temperature of -1°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 249°. The crosswind component was 4 knots, while the headwind component was also 4 knots. As the aircraft took off, it began its enroute climb, which started overhead Rebiechowo in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The climb was from an altitude of 1,458 feet above sea level to 4,686 feet above sea level, an increase of 3,228 feet in just 2 minutes, covering a distance of 5 nautical miles.
Following the enroute climb, the aircraft entered a level cruise phase, which started 1 mile south west of Bojano in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. This phase lasted for 3 minutes and covered a distance of 15 nautical miles. The enroute descent phase began 3 miles north of Wislinka in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, where the aircraft descended from an altitude of 4,680 feet above sea level to 1,715 feet above sea level, a decrease of 2,966 feet in 4 minutes, covering a distance of 7 nautical miles.
The final approach to runway 29 at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport was made from the south east, with a heading of 293.0° at an altitude of 1,230 feet above ground level, 4 nautical miles from the runway. However, the aircraft was required to perform a go-around at an altitude of 27 feet above ground level. The landing was eventually made on runway 29, which had a length of 2,783 meters. The threshold height was good, and the threshold speed was also satisfactory at 136 knots.
The touchdown distance was good at 323 meters, but the touchdown speed was a little fast at 129 knots. The touchdown rate was firm at -366 feet per minute, and the runway touchdown alignment was perfect. The local weather conditions at the time of landing were characterized by a temperature of -2°C, with a wind speed of 6 knots at 300°. The crosswind component was 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots. The total landing distance was 1,279 meters, which was 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect.
The taxiing period from the runway to the parking took 2 minutes and covered a distance of less than 1 nautical mile. The total flight distance was 44 nautical miles, which was covered in 45 minutes, and the aircraft used 2,269 kilograms of fuel during the flight.
The Airbus A321 successfully landed at EPGD Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, demonstrating a high level of proficiency in its approach and landing procedures. The aircraft was approaching the runway from the south east, heading 293.0° at a distance of 4 nautical miles and an altitude of 1,230 feet above ground level.
The pilot's final approach was characterized by a good threshold height, indicating that the aircraft was properly configured for landing. The threshold speed of 136 knots was also within the acceptable range, demonstrating the pilot's ability to manage the aircraft's speed during the approach. The touchdown distance of 323 meters was also good, indicating that the pilot had sufficient control over the aircraft's descent.
However, there was a slight deviation in the touchdown speed, which was recorded at 129 knots, slightly above the ideal speed. This may have resulted in a firmer touchdown rate of -366 feet per minute, which could have put additional stress on the aircraft's landing gear. Despite this, the runway touchdown alignment was perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control over the aircraft's direction during the approach.
The local weather conditions at the time of the landing were characterized by a temperature of -2°C and a wind speed of 6 knots from 300°. The crosswind component was minimal at 1 knot, while the headwind component was 6 knots, which may have contributed to the slightly faster touchdown speed.
The total landing distance of 1,279 meters was within the acceptable range, accounting for 46% of the runway length. The runway rollout alignment was also perfect, indicating that the pilot had maintained control over the aircraft's direction during the rollout phase. Overall, the landing was successful, with the pilot demonstrating a high level of proficiency in managing the aircraft's approach and landing procedures.
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